My 66' Resto project!

[NJ.]

Heres my new baby...

66' Bug, Everything is original only modification is to 12v.

It has its problems, gearbox knackered, interior ripped, oh and RUST

It did come with a extra gearbox and quite a lot of spares inc repair panels.


Its going to be a lot of work, just started inspecting it and there are a few odd bits. Rust holes in the usual places and in some places there is fibreglass wacked over rust holes lol

do love the plate though 'MPH'

 

[Aluco]

I like the plate !
MPH lol

 

[NJ.]

Similar plate valued at 3,700£ on dvla

 

[Leeshez]

sweet

 

[Andy.]

Good luck with it. It needs slamming of course!

 

[AlexS]

Very nice, got to love old VW's!

 

[Englebert]

Cool! That plate could help you fund the project tbh...

 

[Timmay]

old school! so what are the plans for her then?

 

[NJ.]

plan to get her solid, fully welded up and slammed with a narrowed front beam

Might stick with the hoodride paint for a while then its decisions on what colour i want, thinking a gloss caramel but not fully decided

 

[The Boosh!]

Drop an RS 2.0 litre engine in there. sleeper ftw :rasp:

will look good when completed! love these things!

 

[cat171]

Cool, I love old bugs. You going to keep the standard engine in it ?

 

[MarkCup]

Love it, original silver on black plates, proper old skool.

 

[Mike@Rentech]

Keep it standard and restore it will be worth lots and it has the cool factor as well

 

[NJ.]

Plan to keep the 1300 for the while may upgrade to the 1600 in the future

 

[VeinAST]

Ahhh Ive seen this post somewhere before haha

Get better pics Ill have a go at PSing it

 

[Spongebob 172]

slam it to the ground...stick some phat empi alloys on it and keep the paint as is for the true rat look

 

[kpowell911]

loving these, not long did an audio install in one, Had to convert the fucker to 12v first. Had a very nice system in it.

ITs just came back from Kingfisher customs i believe now, Runing a very fast 2.4 turbo engine and pretty much brand new underneath, Will be mag featured when its 100% complete.

 

[cat171]

^ that's what i'm talking about !

 

[NJ.]

Turns out its not as solid as i once thought

Arrived an untouched stocker, apart from 12v conv. Now interior is out, wings are off, trim is off etc. Need to rent a garage so i can split chassis from body.

My rides 8)

Rear drivers jacking point completely gone

But i did pick up this desmo roof rack from a car boot for £6 , bit early for cosmetics but it keeps me motivated lol

 

[NJ.]

p.s. red stripe is for waterproofing reasons lol

 

[mradam87]

Sh*t me thats some rust right there!

 

[Daniel]

I seriously lack the motivational skills required to undertake a project like this.

Fair play to you mate.

 

[Marky_]

Bucket! Good luck to ya.

 

[NJ.]

Its the usual rust on these but there are plenty of repair panels available

 

[ForceIndia]

Love beetles, here's my dad's old one.

 

[rory182]

projects are very satisfying, good luck!

 

[doddy]

that yellow beetle is immense!

 

[Ian_182]

There was a beetle round telford once with a porsche engine in there.

It was very quick

 

[rory182]

guy I used to work with had a camper and a beetle but only 1 engine, he used to lift the engine out with a sawn off M&S trolley and swap them in about an hour tops lol

 

[Scott]

Nice project, good luck! You registered on here? http://www.volkszone.com/index.shtml

 

[VeinAST]

There was a beetle round telford once with a porsche engine in there.

It was very quick

i overtook a camper with a porsche engine in going at 40 in a 60 limit so I blitzed it! Was obviously unstable or not bothered

 

[NJ.]

Nice project, good luck! You registered on here? http://www.volkszone.com/index.shtml

Yep, been on there a while now, under the same username as here

 

[NJ.]

Big update:

Been pulling in parts recently:

Loads of panels inc front clip, rear apron, door post, bumper hangers etc

Door bottom repair panels

Fat Boy tuckaway exhaust and header

Still need to get the heater channels as you arent meant to see the inner channel in the air like this lol

Bug pack tuck-away

Pulling this out soon for a much needed service and dress up

 

[Henry]

got fond memories of those my dad ran. the main one had all sorts in it - 356 engine (not as exciting as it sounds), IRS floorpan, pre-coloured FG wings imported from the US (one of which i remember scraping as i put it away in the garage - not popular). it was a '73 and i remember the plate he had on it 'VWW 1L' - he liked to think, "Volkswagen Werk 1973".

anyway - good luck with the welding!

 

[Ian_182]

Yep good luck with it..

Thats a big project

 

[snick01]

guy I used to work with had a camper and a beetle but only 1 engine, he used to lift the engine out with a sawn off M&S trolley and swap them in about an hour tops lol

pmsl, crazy!

 

[NJ.]

Big update

Body is off the chassis, and recently been round the country picking up more pannels inc windscreen corners, dash for a mate, heater channels, crossmembers, rear 1/4 panel

Firstly braced the body up to stop it warping when lifted

Got the front clip tacked in place aswell, although repro panels are shocking

Couldn't resist putting the old panels together

Whizzy little 1300 engine out and already striped down a bit

got a 400$ order going in with cbperformance soon so watch out

 

[vincent]

Lovly mate! i'm doing one myselve too, but mine's a '69.
It also suffers from rust at the front, you know the common area's.
Also put twin webers IDE-40 with 23mill venturi's on it, needless to say fuel consumption is shocking

 

[NJ.]

haha sounds good, got any pics?

 

[Ian_182]

Your garage looks huge